Cooling device.



E. BAER.

` COOLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 28. 1916.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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EDWARD Benn, or new YORK, N. Y.

COOLING1 DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application ledfune 28, 1916. Serial No. 108,442.

To all "wwm t may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD BAER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooling Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specication.

rlhis invention relates to devices for cooling liquids and semi-solid masses, and it has for its object to provide apparatus of this kind which is very simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture. Another object is to provide improved means for covering the outer compartment of the device in which the ice is designed to be placed, said cover being self-sustaining in a raised or opened position as well as when closed. A further object is to produce a device of this kind which may be conveniently carried by hand, making it especially useful for picnic parties.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which constitute part of this specification, and then more specifically defined in the claims at the end of the description.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is an elevation of a cooling device constructed substantially in accordance with the present invention, the cover for the outer compartment being shown in closed position, as when the device is packedready for transportation.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the device, taken on the line lI-H of Fig. l, showing the cover for the outer compartment raised, or opened, as when the ice is being placed in said compartment, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the cooling device.

As illustrated, the device comprises an outer cylindrical vessed l and an inner concentrically varranged container 2 both of which may be made of any suitable material, such as fiber or wood. The inner container is supported away from the bottom of the outer' vessel by suitable brackets 3 which are soldered, riveted or otherwise secured to both parts so that the outer vessel may be raised with the inner compartment by grasping the bail 4 secured to the upper end portion of said inner compartment. Liquids or semi-solids may be placed in the container 2 for cooling by means of ice packed in the outer compartment between the container 2 and the outer vessel l. The container 2 is provided with a suitable cover 6 fitting its open upper end with suiiicient frictional resistance to normally hold it in place during transportation.

rlhe inner container 2 extends well above the outer vessel l, and around the upwardly projecting portion of said container there is arranged a cover 7 of ring-shaped formation for kclosing the outer compartment 5. The cover .7 may also be made of liber, wood or any other suitable material, and is tted closely around and frictionally engages the outer surface of the projecting portion of the container 2 so that when raised or opened, as illustrated in Fig. 2, said cover will be self-sustaining owing to the frictional contact between its inner edge and the outer surface of the container. The cover 7 is provided with a depending flange 8 which is also adapted'to frictionally engage the marginal portion of the outer surface of the vessel l for further insuring the retention of the cover in closed position when the device is in use. It will be understood, of course, that the frictional contact between the inner edge of the cover 7 and the outer surface of the container 2 will also serve to hold said'cover in'closed position as well as in raised position. Because of the fact that the cover 7 is self-sustaining when raised, as just explained, the packing of the ice in the outer compartment 5 is greatly facilitated, and time is saved by reason of the fact that said cover does not have to be entirely removed or separated from the cooling device.

While l have explained that my invention is especially useful as a cooling device for picnic parties, l do not wish to be limited to any particular use, for it is obvious that such articles as beer cans, butter dishes, cream and milk coolers, and many other household articles, may be constructed substantially as herein disclosed and claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. In a cooling device, the combination with an outer vessel, of an inner container extending above said vessel, and a ringshaped cover for the outer vessel fitted around the extended portion of Vthe Container, and slidable thereon for opening and closing said vessel.

2. In a Cooling device7 the combination with an outer vessel, of an inner container l 0 raised.

3. In a cooling device, the Combination with an outer vessel, of an inner container extending above said vessel, a cover for the vessel frietionally engaging the outer suryface of the container, and a depending `fiange on the cover for friot-ionally engaging the outer surface of the vessel.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speeieation.

EDWARD BAER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ofrPateuts, Washington, D. C. 

